The Sun. — London, England, 1864-08-16 00:00:00

CONEY MARKET AND COIIMEILCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Monetary affairs within the past few days have lasumed a very favourable appearance. The con tinuance of the official minimum at 8 per cent., and the constant increase of the capital afloat in the g e neral discount market, have occasioned an easier "ling to prevail, and the brokers seem more dis ?need to compete with the authorities for the busi. :leaf' brought forward. Discounters are now willing l° negotiate approved short-dated mercantile seen titles as low as 71 per cent,, and with this con cession there is much less demand for accommoda tion. The authorities of the Bank of England, as may be expected, are daily receiving less applica. t ons for assistance ; and this circumstance, if long e° ntinuod, will doubtless cause a favourable altera tion to be recorded in the next balance-sheet issued i ironl the national establishment. Business in the Mincingelane markets during the ,last few days has been rather dull. For raw sugar nnwever there has been a fair enquiry chiefly for shipment to France, and prices have been well sus tained. Coffee has been dealt in to a very limited e ztent at slightly reduced prices, while in rice, fruit, andepiees, there has been little change of importance. In the tallow market the operations for both pro tect and forward delivery have been on a moderate scal e , at steady prices. The committee of the Stock Exchange have ape Pointed Friday, the 19th inst., a special settling day in the shares of the Great Eastern Steamship Come Pany (Limited), which are to be marked in the twice a week lists. There was a parcel of gold amounting to £lOl,OOO taken into the Bank of England yea terd,y. Two o'CLocK. At Paris this day, according to Mr. Reuter's telegram, the French 3 per Cents. were 66t, 50c. Film. The market for English Stocks has presented 47 ery fiat appearance this morning, the transac tions recorded having been chiefly by sellers. 'rices have accordingly given way, the decline in th e Funds amounting to . per cent. Consols are a gain quoted 89k 4 for money, and 89k a for the R ecount. The New Threes and Reduced Annui ties are 881 the . Five per Cents, 1873, 104; do. 188 5, 14 9.10 11-16. Exchequer Bills, 253. to 15s. die. ; India 5 per Cents., 1038 1041 ; do. 4 per Cents., 991; ditto Certificates, 99; and Enfaced 5 Per Cents., 94. The buoyancy noticeable yesterday in Foreign Securities has passed away, and general depression this morning prevails in its stead. Mexican, ex all, have declined I to 281 29; the New Stock has also receded a to 26 8 ; Greek are k worse at 23! ; SPsuish Passive k, at 301 ; bat Turkish Conso tides are I better at 50k d ; and the Confederate ;can is k higher at 77 79. In the Railway share Market the operations have been on a very limited scale, and prices have shown rather less firmness. Great Northern A Stock have declined L 1; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, and Metropolitan, each 10s. ; and South Eastern, 10s. ; while Caledonian have improved 10e. The Foreign and Colonial lines remain without change of importance. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are in mode' rate request at almost previous quotations. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Do Account, Aug. 8 3 per Cent. Reduced New 3 per Cent New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 — Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1873 lO4 Annuities, 30 yrs, expire r3th Jan., 1880 — Do for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l4 9-16 11.16 Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 — March. June. Exchequer Bills ' £l,OOO, 3 & 31 per Cent. 24 Do £5OO •••• Do £lOO and £2OO Back England SUE, 51 per Ct. Do Account INDICA GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India Stock, 10± per Cent., April 1874 — Do Account — Do 5 per Cent. July, 1870 I )0 Account... • Da 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 991 Do Certificates Do Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent Do 5 p er Cent., Jan. 1872 — Do 5i per Cent., May, 1879 Do 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 Do Bonds Ll,OOO — Do under £l,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent D o 1859 Brazilian 5 per Cent Do 4/ per Cent., 1852- 58-60 ~ Do 1863 'Dumps Avres 6 per Cent — Ulailian 6 per Cent — Colombian 6 per Cent ~ 'llba, 6 per Cent........... — bDo 6 per Cent. 1864 44 (luador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — i , -uo Provisonal Land Warrant Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 gl , ptian 7 per Cent lOll ~. Do, Second Issue — — creek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons 231 Do Account Do Coupons — Do Account.... Guatemala 5 per Cent. — Do 1839 and 1859 Italian 5 per Cent. (Maremmana itailway) 7 3 1 Idexican 3 per Cent Do Account Do 6 per Cent, 1864 Do French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c.. — Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French — die Ditto Scrip, £23 paid fdoorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada — Do 2 per C0nt..... — Do Deterred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) .. Do Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1861 — , Do do Aug., 1866 — eruvictn 41 per Cent — Do 3 per Cent. (Crribarren) .. — Do 41 per Cent., 1862 - Do Account Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Do Account Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, 'GO, 62,'3 471 1 Do Account 471 Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Do 41 per Cent., 1850 .. Do 1860 Do 3 per Cent 1859 . Do 5 per Cent, 1862 B7l 8 Do Anglo-Dutch Do Scrip, £4O paid pm Sardinian 6 per Cent .. Do Account Spanish 3 per Cent Do Account Do New Deferred Do Account Do Passive Do Account Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded Do Account l2l I Swedish, 4 per Cent Do Scrip, £6O paid. pm Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 . Do Account Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent. 1862 Do Account 1)0 £lOO Bonds Do 1863 Do Guaranteed, 4 per Cent ' Venezuela 3 per Cent. Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do Account die Do Scrip £45 paid Do 1 per Cent Dividends on the above payable in London Austrian, 5 per Cent., TAx. 10 Florins. Do Account Belgian 41 per Cent., - Ex. 25f Dutch 21 per Cent. F,x. 12 Guil Do 4 per Cent. Certificates It 5 per Cent, 1861, Ex. 25 francs — Do account Preach Relates, '2 per Cent . Peravian Dollar Bonds, 41 per Ct. Ex. 4s. l' iocirnontese, 5 per Cent., Ex. 25f TWO O'CLOCK. Console Money Do Acco Liverpool Cotton Market—This Days 3 larket very firm. Sales about 8,000 bales. BURIAL GROUNDS.—An act of parliament was I,ss3d: on th e d ay o f th e p r orogation for the regist ra ti on in * -I :',*land of all burials performed according to the rites of the cstablished church in grounds provided under the burial aetp. TAXING HER EASE,—An American paper'etates that there is in St. Louis a young lady of 18 who has done 4° thirtg but eat and sleep since she was four years old, She is 4 wake fur s few uilautes twioe iu the 24 heura, 67 59 25 87 92} 9.4 103 105 7 8 187,} 381 1 1 10i 11i 8 9 p 165 170 8 7 c 1 3 k p. 12.10 - - 101 IC4 34 36 ta 91 i 4 2 BRITISII FOSSBSSIONs. Closing Share Railways Paid. Price. Business done 100 atlantic &St Lawrenc< all 58 60 Bom.,Bs.rodaa.Cent Ind Sit Gu. 5 percent... lOO ICO 101 1 0 14 20 Do. New . ..... 8 20 Do. E. Shares 204 1 3utlalo and Laaelluron all a 51 10 Do. Preference .... • all 74 86 100 Buffalo,BrantasGodria 100 75 80 5 p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 187 . - 100 Do. do. July 1, 187 100 75 80 100 Do. do. June 1, it; 100 75 80 st Clcutta.aS.Eamtn. (Lin, 100 97 99 st CapeTov. - nlz Dock Serif 100 91 96 91 stook Mastn. Bengal gu. sp. < 100 101 103 Stook East Indian. gu. sp. c. 100 1( 0 1001 101 20 Do. do. G Ext l5 par 4 p 20 Do. do. H do. stook Grand Trunk of Canada lou 141 29 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 71 73 100 Do. do. deferred all 60 63 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonds., all 66 68 100 Do. do. deferred all 55 57 100 " Do. 3d Pi ef. stock 1 .00 Do. do. deferred all 43 45 100 Do. 4th Pref. stook all 27 29 100 Do. do. deferred all 26 28 stook Gt.lndiaPentn.gua.sp.c 100 101 102 1021 20 Do. New gua. sp. e„. 12 par 11 , Do. January, 1862 stock Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 98 100 100 201 Gt. W. of Canada Sharei. all 9/ 01 206 Do. New . • 18 . ... . . 18 111 101; 100 Do. 6 p.0.'7 3 with't opt. all 89 01 100 Do. 51 p. a. do. '77-8 all 82 81 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 d fn stock Madras, guar., sp. o. stook Do.4t p. c. Extension 100 92 94 stock 1)c. 46 d 0.... 20 Do. Fifth Extension 2 -- stPok Melb.Corp. 6p. o. Bnds lOO 50 Melb. .4; Hobson's Bay all 60 62 100 Do. 7p. O. Hoag. Bds all $0 Newßruuswick a Candu Claes A. and B. all 3 6 N. Rhe'da6 pc let T bds 100 82 84 stook &hide (100 99 101 stock Do. Delhi .: 100 09 110 091 20 Do. do . 4 . 0 2 I id et Do. Punjaub c all 93 100 Do. Do. stook Do. Indus. St. Flo.) 1 . 100 93 95 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. - Cau.Goy. 6 p.c.J ul) 1877-84 100 96 99 Do. Rp. c. Feb.& Aug. 100 96 99 Do. Ep. e.Mar. & Sept. 100 98 102 Do. sp. o. Jan.&July. /0c 84 86 85 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 84 86 Cape G.l.lope, 6 p 0,1873 100 101 106 Do.Ap & Oct. 1880 100 107 109 Do. 1890 100 1 18 110 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 100 106 103 Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 110 112 Mauritius 6 per cent lOO 103 105 Natal Gov. 6 per cant 100 1.c,4 107 N.8.G0v.6 p.c. J a.&Jul3 100 97 100 Do. 6p. cap. & Oct 100 N. S. V. Gov. 6 p c.,186t 100 96 98 Du. sp. c.,18/1 to 171" 100 96 98 Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 100 96 98 sei New Zealand 6 p cent 100 Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. C sterling„ 1875 lOO 99 102 Queensland Gev. 6p. a 100 101 104 1031 8. Aus G6p.c.1878.& up lOO 105 107 106 °p.c. Ja.&July 100 - iDs In 0 p.c. A.0.400t. 100 108 i 1096 LAW INTELLIGENCE.---This Day, COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Fane.) His Honour resumed his sittings after the vacation, but the cases were for release from custody, &c., unopposed. Mr. Registrar Pepys presided over the meetings for the choice of assignees, which were not of interest; the only one of the slightest importance was that of Dando and Chetwynd, of Leadenhall-street, shipbrokers and owners, and timber merchants. The debts and liabilities are stated at £31,837, and the assets are expected to realise a divi dend of 2s. 6d. in the pound. The failure is attributed to failure of debtors and general losses in trade. Messrs. Perrin, of Fenchurch-street, shipowners, were chosen assignees; Mr Perrin, and Messrs. Terrell and Chamber lain were appointed solicitors, and Messrs. Cartars and Harper, accountants to the estate. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ASSAULT ON A CONSTABLE.—EIIen Carmoody, a young woman, was charged before Mr Tyr whitt, on a warrant, with assaulting police constable George Bettsworth, 181 C. Bettsworth said that on the night of Sunday, the 17th of last month, he saw a crowd collected round a man and his wife who were quarrelling. While dispersing the crowd the prisoner rushed from some young men she was standing with, and, making use of a vile expression, struck him a severe blow in the eye with a door key. The crowd got the prisoner away and she escaped, but two of the persons were brought to the court and fined 20s each or 11 days. He then applied for a warrant against the prisoner, and seeing her in New street last night took her into custody, when she said that she was sorry, and that it would not have occurred had she not been in liquor at the time. The prisoner said she had no key in her hand at the time. Mr Tyrwhitt said he recollected that the constable had his eyes blackened. The prisoner was fined 20s or H days. THAMES. DASTARDLY OUTRAGE.—George Griffith; an umbrella maker, aged 20, of Cable-street, \Vhitechapel, wao brought before Mr Paget, charged with being drunk, disorderly, and violently assaulting Edward Dillon, a police sergeant, No. 19 K. Yesterday evening at five o'clock Dillon was sent for to the Hoop and Grapes public-house, in Ratcliffe-highway, to suppress a disturbance. The prisoner was then very drunk and disorderly. He demanded beer and Mr Shepherd refused to serve him. Dillon removed him and he became very violent and raved loudly. He lay on his back, got hold of the police sergeant's leg and attempted to throw him, He also made repeated attempts tobitehim. Assistance came and the prisoner, after a most determined resistance, was removed from the house. On the way to the station-house the prisoner was again violent, threw Dillon with great force on the ground, kicked him, and tore the skin off his shin. He also " broke" his uniform trowsers. It required three constables to take the prisoner to the station-house by force. Dillon was smuch injured, and his wrist sprained. Mr Paget said, if the prisoner became inebriated and conducted himself like a savage, he must take the conse quences. The prisoner was a brutal ruffian, a nuisance in the public-house from which the police-sergeant removed him, and then committed a dastardly assault. He sen tenced him to two months' imprisonment and hard labour. MARKETS—This Day. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £5 5s ; clover, £4 Os to £6 Os; and straw, £1 4s to £1 10s per load. Trade firm. CUMBERLAND.b—MearIOW hay, £3 Os to £5 5s ; clover, £4 Os to £6 Os ; and straw, £l4s to £1 10s per load. A steady demand. NVIIITECHAPEL —Meadow hay, £3 Os to £5 ss; clover, £4 Os to £6 Os; and straw, £1 4s to £1 10s per load. Trade firm. COLONIAL. TEA—Business has been rather dull, and the few dealings reported have been at about former rates. SUGAR—The market has been a shade firmer in conse quence of an export demand for France, and prices have in some instances ruled a little higher. Ia the Refined Market, however, no material change can he reported. COFFEE—The demand for colonial descriptions has been limited, and quotations are slightly depressed. RICE—A fair amount of business has been transacted, without any material alteration as regards prices. TALLOW—Business has remained very quiet, owing to the excessive heat of the weather. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted 41s 9d, and last three months 43s 9d per cwt. SHARE 111ARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share; Railways. I Paid. Closing Business Price. done. Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. Blythe and Tyne. Bost.,Sleat.,andMid.Co ] Bristol and Exeter Caledonian —.• Cork and Bandon Cornwall D o A A gets no div Do. B till (Sp e.p an.has been paid to B. Dublin Z..' Belfast June. IDun.,Perth,&Ab. Juno. 'Edinburgh & Glasgow. I Glasg. and S. Western. Great Eastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock Ditto EastAnglian 6t G . reatNorthof Scotland Great Northern Do A stook Do 14 do Gt. S. and W. of Irelano 'Great Western 15i;sir Val 2 - 13 a. stock. Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast' Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & NoPh Western Lon. & Sc'..th Western 51an., ad., Jr. Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do t shares.. Metropolitan Midland Do New . . Do Binning. & Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. i quires Mid Kent ..• Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwiek Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York Do North London Do New North StatTordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welohpoo: IShroshire Union ,South South Eastern ;South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok., an dWok. Stockton & Darlington Do Do New, 188 G Taff Vale Do B Do C ......... Mater Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford tz Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.ctK 1 West Midland —Oxford Do Newport Do Herel orcll 9 9} 86 138 1264 1274 6 7 35 36 16 17 83 11 110 112 47 48 7 74 131 135 1511 154 131 ‘33 I 92 94 6PI 12071 121 68 70 103 i (06i, 42 44 I 117 i 118 9 67 67 U 3 114 138} 1381 108 110 546 65i 25,E '64 108 i 1093 85i 66i 956 f6l 126 129 6 IO P 78 80 10i 11 126 130 39 41 BRITISH MINES. 2 Cambrian Consol. ( aid 1 4 4d eliflOrd Amalgamated 31 33 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ) 1 575 685 585 East Bassett (Illogan) SO 68 70 East Clegau Gold Ltd - East Caradon ...... 1.14.6 271 284 Easi; Cam Brea 3.4.0 8 84 E. W'lltussel (Tavist ) 8.13.0 4/ 5 - iGs.m.&St.Aubyn(Gwen , 58/ 5 7 nreat South Tolgus 17s 2 2/ 21 •-• fir. Wheal Vor (11elston, 40 26 28 Grenville . Rend's-Foot 8.12 118 40 Rlngston Downs 4.18.0 34 44 Lady Bertha Margaret (tiny Lelant Y 8 10 ilarke Valley.. 4 Nlyncly Iron Ore (Lim ' 21 It 16 New Seton l9! 75 85 - • North Downs 3 14 14 NAV!' '1 Ilasset(Illo;an, 3.1.0 24 3/ North Wheal Crotty 2.6.9 3 32 Par Consols (St. Blaze) - rrovidence(Uny Lelnt.) 10.0.7 40 42 South Caradon(St.Cleer, It 480 500 'S. Carn Brea (Illogan) — S.Wheal Fran. (lliogan 18.18.9 421 471 Stray Park - ramar Silv.g.t Lead Min. - rin Crort 9 *lB 19 West Basset (Mogan).- 11 9 10 W Cr radon (Liskeard) 9 14 10 West Seton Wheal Basset (Mogan) 55 90 95 Wheal Buller(ltedrutli) 10 50 25 Wheal Kitty (ILLelant) 2.0.6 WhealLtulcott Wheal Mary Ann (Men ) 8 14 16 Wheal ;:leton 584 215 220 Wheal Trelawney (Lis ) 7 19 21 Wheal Union 4 14 2 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Eastern 4i per cent. pf„ itto, 5 per cent pf'., 7* LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTAL& Lancaster and Carlisle, 212 i FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco (Urn.) Qua. 7 per omit, 16 Namur and Liege gun. 14f. per annum, Sambre and Meuse, 7i San Paulo (lim.), gua. 7 per cent., 101 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 211 "'REFERENCE SHARES. Great Eastern, E. Counties, Ext. No. 14108 Ureat N ortheru, 5 per cent.. red. atilo per cent. pin., -. Ditto, 4! per cent., redeemable at 10 per cent., 1014 FOREIGN MLNEI:b Mont. Aureos Brazil Gold Min. Co., 2i BANKS. Alliance (tim.). 64 Anglo Austrian, 71 Cowsolidated Bank, lira., 111 11 E'aropean Bank, lira., 141 • Ditto (.£O, 8 36 Imperial Bank (lira. ), _ Intleerritaali B orto k moa f n j , h l l 7 7, i lndia;and Japan, Bra., 6j I l m Mer s l4 l llrn., 6,1 1 LLoannddolloßratgnakgoetßmaenxkico In of and S. a London and County, 72 1 21 London Joint Stock, 43 314 i, e t iad t ro e r i li u t n janauanbd:a d Delhi,Pnrovin lira., cial Bank, 13 11 M., 261 Union of Ireland, lira., 201 Union of London, 5l MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-Mexican Mint, 19 Australian Agricultural, 22 Egyptian 03m. and Trading, lira., 3 Fi nancial Corporation, Fore-street Warehouse, lira,, 7 1 Hudstm's Bay, ir; Immrial Mercantile Credit A sso., lira., 81 International Contract, 41 Land Credit o f Ireland, Um., 51 I Land Securities, lira,, 5d London Financial Association, lint, 2 1 M , dras Irrgati on and Canal, 5 Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, , lira. 21 Milwall Iron 'Works, 4; National Discount Company, lira., 14 it new, llf Orler..tal Financial, lim., 31 ; C ,ALLANT JONDUCT OF THE DUKE OF BEDFORD. —Mr. William Aspinall, of Liverpool, in a letter to a con temporary, says :—" I was sitting in St. James's park yes'erday, after dinner, near the ornamental water, when there was a cry that a child had fallen in. Suffaiing myself from chronic, rheumatism. I was debarred from rendering assistance. Although there were hundreds of persons looking at the drowning boy, no one seemed in clined to save him, when a gentleman about fifty (whom I recognised as the Duke of Bedford) approached, and after looking about for a few moments, evidently to see if any one ono was inolined to jump in, suddenly jumped in and brought the boy safely to land, am id s t t h e shouts and blessings of the multitude," Great Di THE SUN, LONDON*, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 16, 1864. SHIPPING-THIS DAY, LONDON, Aug. 16.—Wind this day at noon—W.l\lAV.; light breeze and cloudy. FALMOUTH, Aug. 15.—Arrived—Thomas Dryden, from Akyab. SWANSEA, Aug. H—Sailed—lsabella, for Prince Ed ward's Island. Ilta,L, Aug. 13.—Sailed—Maria and Elizabeth, for Quebec. CARDIFF, Aug. 14.—Sailed—Brothers, for Mauritius— Harmony, for Quebec. PORTS3IOIIII, Aug, 15.—Wind N.E. to S.E.—Sailed— Queen of the Clippers, from London, for BermuJa, after stopping a leak. (EIC MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Arrived, August 15—Good Design, from Antwerp— Eliztbeth Ann, from Dordt—Oscar, from Droback—Per severance, from Medemblik—Vindex, from Charlotte Town —Day Spring, from Boulogne—Exhibition, from St Malo Swantje Groendeal and Thomas Rising, both from Amster dam —Earl of Carlisle, from Riga —Speedwall, from Am sterdam—and Belfast Lass, from Dunkirk. Arrived, August 16—Elide, from Archangel—Abeona, from Riga—Vrouw Anna, from Worcum—and Concordia, from Amsterdam. Course of Enhange,--Yesterday, Amsterdam 12 0} Dit to Rotterdam — 12 2 12 21 Antwerp Brussels — 25 721 25 77 liamburgh .. —l3 10 13 10 i Paris Ditto Marseilles — 25 70 25 75 Frankfort on Maine — 120! 1211 Vienna Trieste Petereburgh — 31 311 Berlin - Madrid Cadiz Leghorn Milan .... Genoa Naples Palermo.. Messina .. Lisbon Oporto - 47.1 -48 i - 25 775 - 25 80 - 25 775 - 25 775 - 25 80 - 25 80 -51 t 48} 486 2b 85 25 85 25 82 k 25 82i 25 85 26 85 52 62i THE DEATH RATE AND THE MAIN DRAINAGE. —e• At the present time, and during the next four or five years, the statistics of mortality in the metropolis will have a peculiar interest and value. At a first glance at the returns of the Registrar-General, or those of Dr Letheby for the City, it would seem that the interest which ordinarily attaches to such documents could scarcely be enhanced by anything less than either a plague on one hand, or a com plete cessation of the occurrence of death on the other. But it happens that we are now in a transition state as respects the public health. The vast undertakings of the Board of Works are fast approaching completion; the sewage is being diverted from old to new channels; the breadths of mud laid bare at every ebb tide on the banks of the Thames will probably be less offensive and less injurious; and we are all looking forward hopefully to the time when the river, which has made the City, shall no longer be poisoned by it in return for its good deeds. There is just one unfortunate circumstance connected with the main drainage works, and that is, that the means adopted for the purification of the river consists only in removing the pol luting agents to a greater distance than formerly from the abodes of the citizens; the river is not relieved entirely, but the pollution is to take place where there is P. vast volume of water, and comparatively few residenie' The poison will thus be diluted, and the point of its first mixture with the water removed to a distance ; but it can never be held that this method is so likely to be effectual as the transference of the sewage to some quite different chan nels, as, for instance, the burnt-up meadows and barren arable lands, where nature's chemistry would convert the present sources of pestilence into sources of health and happiness, and make wholesome food on land of that which is the detroyer of food in the waters. For a time—say for the first seven years—the main drainage will be on trial, and we shall expect to see in the returns of registrars some evidence of the good ac compliehed, though, in principle, the drainage system is open to so many objections. We do not know how many agencies exist fur the engendering and diffusing of morbid influences in a place like London, which is neither a town nor a city, but an aggregation of towns enclosing a city, and the whole comprising so immense a population, that no rule ef health found safe elsewhere can be said to apply of necessity to such a case as this. We have need to be thankful, however, fcr what little wo do know of the laws of life and of tho effect on life of the circumstances that surround it in the midst of great cities. From that little, we may safely conclude that much has been:accom plished already to lengthen the term °Wife and reduce the number of its penalties in London and in all our great towns, but we are also compelled to conclude that much remains to be done yet, and that every delay in the accom plishment must be paid for in so notch actual disease and so many actual deaths; for though death is inevitable, and must come upon all men, nevertheless the death-rate is an exa ct measure of the value of our hygienic resources, as well as of the extent to which clotructive agencies aro pormittot) to prevail ) —City .rress. The Distress in Lancashire. The monthly meeting of the Central Executive Committee was held at Manchester yesterday; the Earl of Derby in the chair. There were present— Lord Egerton of Tatton, Lord Edward Howard, M.P., the Mayor of Manchester, Messrs. M. Ross, It. Hutchison, J. Platt, G. L. Ashworth, R. Glads stone, A. H. Heywood, H. B. Email, W. Roberts, T. Ashton, J. Worrall, H. Mason, S. J. Stein, Hutchinson, J. Goodair, and S. W. Maclure (hon. secretary). Mr It. Rawlinson, the Government en• gineer, was also in attendance. Mr Maclure re ported that £314 18s. 4d. had been received in the last four weeks, and there:was a balance in the bank of £129,430 12g. 10d. Letters were read announcing that the relief com mittees of ltoyton, Lees and district, Salford, and Newton Heath bad been enabled to close their ope rations. Each of these committees also forwarded copies of resolutions which they had unanimously passed, thanking the Central Executive Committee for their liberal grants and the considerate atten tion given to all applications for aid from the seve ral districts referred to. Mr. MACLURE presented his monthly report, which stated that the rEducticn in the numbers re lieved bad been 15,051, and since the end of January in this year 99,821. The facts shown in the table were most cheering, contrasting the present with the past. With a maximum of distress reached at Christmas, 1862, when there were 510,279 recipients of relief, from either the guardians or local committees, the number fell to nearly one half that amount by the following June, viz., to 266,634. The Christmas of 1863 wit nessed a further decline of 72,500, the aggregate at that season being 193,506. At Midsummer last the total was further reduced by 71,000, leaving then 112,598 on the poor rate or upon private bounty ads ministered by the relief committees. This was not much more than one-fifth of the maximum at Christmas, 1862. The number now relieved is reduced to 96,295, and as the ordinary pauperism of these unions rises in the winter to about 50,000 in-door and out-door (in summer the number being a little, but not much, less), the present pressure upon the district is not more than double that of ordinarily prosperous times. The HON. SECRETARY proposed, " That as the average pressure of pauperism in the cotton dis tricts is now reduced to 3.9 per cent., the grants of this committee will in future be confined to the relief of persons not receiving parochial aid." He thought it was quite time that something was done to prepare the whole of the cotton districts for the cessation of aid from this committee, and that this would probably be best accomplished by some such resolution as he had read. The average pressure on the rates was now only about double that of 1861, which was admitted to b© the most prosperous year ever known in Lancashire. Mr J. PLATT seconded the resolution. Mr H. MASON strongly opposed the proposition. Ho thought it was most objectionable to say that, because pauperif,m had been reduced to so low an ebb throughout the greater part of Lancashire, this separation ought every where to take place between relief committees and the guardians. A return made up to last Saturday showed that there were 5,833 unemployed cotton operatives in the borough of Ashton, whi . ch was nearly as many es they had ever had at any period of the distress. In Stalybridge there were 3,600 ; at Moseley, 1,700; and at Dukinfield upwards of _ . 3,000. Ho had been using every effort to get these unfortunate people distributed in other districts, where labour was obtainable, but the position of affairs was still what he had stated. For the lase . 150 weeks they had made no change in the mode o distributing relief in the Ashton union, and they would not like now, at the eleventh hour, to have one enforced upon them. The existing system worked remarkably well, and he trusted they should be allowed to work out the distress in Ash ton in the way which experience had shown most advantageous for that locality. The CHAIRMAN said that Ashton had received from public sources during the distress above £250,000, or ten times as much as had been locally contributed throughout the whole union, irrespec tive of the rates. Mr MASON said these figures did not present by any means a correct view of what had been done locally, inasmuch as they did not; include the very considerable amount contributed in private charity. The CHAIRMAN said that against this explana tion he might make the remark that the Hurst committee and the Ashton manorial committee, which were also in the union, had received upwards of £45,000 from the Mansion-house committee, not included in his previous statement. Mr. MASON said if it should be implied that Ashton had received more than its necessities de manded, he denied the justice of the inference, and affirmed that the contrary had been the.case. It was true that the whole of the grants of this com mittee to Ashton had been made in aid of the rates, but Ashton had rated itself to a far greater extent than any other place in the county. They had at present more than I,COO young women in the sewing classes, and they were exceedingly anxious as to what should bec3me of them. He thought the motion of Mr. Maciure might be applicable to certain towns, but that it was quite inapplicable to Ashton-under-Lyre. The Hon. SECRETARY said the principle involved in the motion, which he had always advocated, had been sanctioned by the chairman and the Bridge water-house committee, and applied most benefi cially in Stockport, Blackburn, and elsewhere, and in mercy to the unemployed people themselves he thought it was necessary that it should be univere sally adopted. Mr R. H, HUTCHINSON thought the exceptional position of Ashton and one or two other places might be met by the following addition to the re. solution :—" In all unions where the pauperism does w et exceed five per cent. upon the population." AZt MACLURE said he was willing for the present to adopt this addition, reserving, however, th e privilege of again bringing forward the subject in its original form, should such a course appear desirable. The resolution thus amended was, after some further discussion, unanimously agreed to. The Hon. Secretary said that Mr. Rawlinson had kindly favoured him with th 4 following information respecting the operation of the Public Works Act. There were 77 places in which public works were ib operation on August 15. The new act extended the time to make loans to January 1, 1856, and ex• tended the borrowing powers to two years' rateable value. Preston, Ashton, and Glossop were the chief places in which there were yet a considerable num ber of unemployed. In many places the :public works were being carried out with reduced numbers, owing to the opening of many mills and the large number of persons who were at present engaged in agricultural operations. Mr. Madura added that 1,668 skilled operatives and 2,600 factory workers were at present employed on public works. Calcu lating these on on aver a g e of four to a family, which would be about the correct estimate, it ape peered that nearly 20,000 persons were maintained under the provisions of the act. Mr ijaceuße laid on the table returns, prepared by Mr Co:bett, respecting the state of pauperism in Ashton-under-Lyne union. A grant of £ll4 Gs. was made at Stalybridge from the employment and school fund ; and ons of £ll to the same place on account of superinten dence of labour. The following grants were made from the General Relief Fund:--Ashton, £1,000; D akiefield, £500; Moseley, £5O; Stalybridge, £800; Tintwisle, £150; H e ywood, £300; Chorlton, £lOO (final) ; Hulme, £250 ; Gioesop and Hadfield, £550 ; Whitworth an d Facit, £5O; Wigan, £ 5 0 0 ; Little Hayfield £5O. Mr FARNALL read his report, which stated that there was a decrease of 6,184 persons receiving relief ih 27 uuions on the 6th inst. as compared ith the 9th ult. ATTENDANCE AT THE JUDGES' CHAMBERS.—This day the Lord Chief Baron will conclude his sittings at the Judges' Chambers, and will be succeeded by Mr Justice Slice on his return from circuit. His lordship will sit on Tuesdays and Fridays during the long vacation. Extraordinary Find of English Silver Coins at Eccles. During the last few days there have been, under some what singular circumstances, a succession of finds, at the same spot in Eccles, of a very large number of silcer pennies, chiefly of the reign of Henry 111. The extent of the deposit may be gathered from the fact that the total quantity of these coins found numbers about 6,400 pieces, having an aggregate weight of about 21 pounds avoirdupois. A new junction road is being made from Wellington-road, Eccles, past the boundary wall on the west side of the ancient resi dence known as Monk's Hall, where it is probable the Monks of Whalley Abbey, who were formerly the lords of the greater part of Eccles, Menton, and Swinton, had a Grange or farm residence, with tithe barns, &c. and where they collected rents and tithes from their tenants and other inhabitants of the neighbourhood. OLe Saturday week a young man named James Britch [? Bridge], a card • room band at the Moorside Mills of Messrs John Gibb and Sons (who had two fingers taken off by incautiously putting his hand too near the beater in the blowing-room), was walking along this footpath, when Lis eye caught some thing glittering on the ground, He picked it up and found it to be a small silver coin, and a little further search was I rewarded by finding about a score of similar coins. Still he did not pick up all that he saw, and did not believe the coins to be worth much ; for he gave several to his companions and acquaintances. He showed some to Mr J. Allan Gibb, one of his employers, who told him to take them for inspection to a gentleman in the neighbourhood, a Fellow of the Society of 4ntiquaries, who would be able to tell him their nature and probable value. This gentle man gave Britch a few shillings for 15 coins, and learning that he had left some lying on the spot, urged him to go again and bring away all he could find. This was on the morning of Wednesday in last week; but strange to say, Britch did not go to the spot till Thursday evening, and then his trouble was largely rewarded by finding that not only were some coins scattered about the footpath, but that in one spot there was a large collection, which, on his beginning to remove it, he found to be contained in a coarse earthenware pot or pipkin. This he emptied, and took his treasure for safety to the neighbouring residence of Mr Allan Gibb. About five o'clock on Friday morning Britch again visited the earth, covering it up with soil. T he same morning he ag ain called on the antiquary and told him what he had done , an d place, and found 1 7 9 more coma ; bat he left the pot in the the gentleman at once accompanied him to the place, and with the aid of a small garden tool, the pot (which was mouth uppermost and close to the surface) was carefully ex humed ; but was so fragile and friable that it crumbled even under tender handling, and broke, and only the lower part could be got away. Even at their fourth visit 20 more coins were found on the surface of the footpath. The pot and coins were removed to the residence of the local Monk barns ; where the latter were washed, a thousand of them counted, weighed in a kitchen balance, and found to be about 341 b avoirdupois. The rest were then weighed in batches of 31 lb., and in this way it was found that there were probably about 6,400 of these silver pennies, weighing altogether about 211 b. The 1,000 counted coins were then cursorily examined, and it was found that 964 of them were of Henry 111. and though of different types, yet all struck before the 32d year of his reign, 1247-48, when. in order to stop clipping, the cross on the reverse, which till then had been confined within the legend border, was carried through that border to the edge of the coin. in the new mintage of that year. All the coins examined have the short cross. The remaining portions of the thousand coins included nineteen of the reign of John, and seventeen of other and various types, but all probably earlier than the reign of Henry 111. Of the 964 coins of Henry, there were many varieties of type. This King had mints in various parts of the kingdom, and different mint-masters, or, as they were called, moneyers, and it was then the custom for the reverse of a coin to bear the names of the moneyer and of the city or town where it was minted. Of the coins of Henry 111. in this find, most seem to have been struck at London and Canterbury, but there are some also of the mints at Winchester, Taunton, Northampton, Chichester, Bury St. Ed munds, Lincoln, and Durham. Amongst the moneyers' names are Abel, Adam, Aimer, Alisandre, Andre, Arnaud, Bartelme, Beneit, Elis, Fulke, Fulre, Henri, Hiun, Hunter, Ilger, Joan, Chichester, Johan, Jun, Meinir, Miles, Nicole, Norman, Pierres, Rauf, Reinard, Ricard, Roberd, Rodbert, Roger, Saleman, Samuel, Simun, Walter, and Willelm. The obverse of most of these pennies of Henry 111. is the same, the King represented full face, with crown and cross of pearls, and the sceptre in the right hand, surmounted by a similar cross. Legend, " lieuricus Rex," but with out the " Terc." or "III." of later coinage. Ruding observes that the alteration of type introduced upon the money of this reign forms a kind of era in the numismatic history of England. The portraits of previous monarchs were usually represented either in full or profile ; and the crosses were exhibited under almost every possible form. But tha portrait of Henry 111. is invariably full f aced ; and the cross (always of double lines) on his earlier coinage is bounded by the inner circle and has four pellets in each quarter; while the later coinage of 1247 had only three pellets in each quarter. As no penny has been found in the Eccles hoard of the later type, and none of any later reign, it affords a fair presumption that this treasure was hidden in the ground between about A.D. 1220 and 1247. As to the coins of King Johi, it may be mentioned that although there are proofs of a coinage in his reign at mints in England, no genuine coin of any of these has been found ; and the only silver pennies of this king were all coined in Ireland. The chief feature of these coins both on Obv. and Rev. is a large triangle, enclosing (on Obv.) the King's head, full face, with a sceptre in right hand, and the legend in three pnrts cn the sides of the triangle, " Joha-ones Rex." The reverse on all the Eccles coins of John, has within the triangle a crescent , a b lazi ng star, and a small star in each atigle. Legend, Roberd on Dive" (Dublin). The third glass of coins eipear to be of ruder type a nd earlier period. The obv e rse has the f a ce in profile us ually to the left, the legend so rudely ex e cuted as to be almost illegible. Norte of these is opresented in any of the numerous plates in i.Ruding's Annals of the Coinage," and it is a mere guess to say they may prove to be pennies of William Rufus. The pot or vase is urn -shaped, of coarse reddish earthen ware, and slightly ribbed insids; the only external orna ment being a border of small squire indents. It was very tightly pecked in the hard dry ea rth which surrounded it, and to the dry soil is owing the cxcelle nt p reservation of the majority of the coins. Th e y r eal to be tolerably free from alloy, as only two of the whys could be found show ing any green cxydati,'n or patina. Our readers may remember that in consequence of a very large find of gold ornaments !o the south of England, which were sold and melted to peeeent detection, an act was passed authorising the Crown officers to purchase, at the market value of the metal by weight, any treasure in gold or silver ornaments or coins, so as to reward the finder, bud to preserve articles of antiquarianvalue from destruction. The local antiquary near E cc l es wrote on Fridey to the Crown authorities, describi ng the c i rc umstances of the find, andthe character, be abl e to repor t the first case of an) exten t under the new act, an d i ts prac ti c al result. in a few days we weight, and nu/ o e r o f the coins ; so That aym s.—Rreat excitement pre- E SCA PE OF TWO LI ON va iled in the n ei ghbourhood of Above Bar-street, Southamp t o n, on Saturday night, in consequence of two lions having escaped from le, ire embwell'a menagerie. The exhibition is located in the Westmoreland Park, at the a 13g portion of the ground used for h b a ck of the Hig h-street, o i Saturday evening, a largeriteiodrill n , number an d a great crowd o f persons had also assembled outside. It app ears from the statement of those who w ere the of the o i f i iI a spectators c ° r frlii than usual attended the exhi bition, present, that. about 9 o'clock, th e keeper announced his in tention to enter the dens, for th performances ; and for this e t he purpose carriage of puttingoccupied pied the b ), pt animals a u v r o po lions,Be't hb:he° through gfivhriss titthoperrisor" aseue usua l dal usual t - o o r; such occasions rushing a o p f p t a h r e e n tl to that part of the exhibition. The keeper, after ad dressing a few wo rds to his audie nce, opened the iron - bar red Y With the usual caution ob dseorovreodf at the c ge kind, When suddenly one of the li on s leaped upon the keeper's ba ck, followed by the other , a nd both animal s s p rung out of the ir den and amongs t those n assem bl e d round the carria g e. One of, the beasts continue d l eap i ng about among st the visito rs, many of whom hav in g b e en knocked dow n were sprawlin ex hibitions arria' -g on the ground, and those wit," were more fortunate were flying about in a State of ed for a short time the greatest . nt _ . terror, a.. , excitement ,re - terror, was soon 8 veiled. The an im-- sec by the keepers, who then went in searL h of the other lion, which, instead o amusing itself ins ide 1,218 e hibition, boudded up the eteps a nd sprang from the platn.' rm . , a . naong the people assembled outside, who immediately flea, In all directions. The lion ran across the park towards the Savings bank, and one of the houses in the terrace having its door open, walked into the patient) and thence into th e / odour, where some ladies were sitting, who fled through th e i ' s elding doors into the adjoining room and thence upstairs. The ,keepers arriv ing, the lion was soon secured and caged. Seee;al persons were knocked down, trampled upon, and their clothe's torn, but fortunately none sustained personal injury. THE MISSION TO RICHMOND.—Mr. Horace Greeley states in an article in the Independent that Colonel Jaques and Mr Gilmore, the latter more widely known as Edmund Kirke, author of ', Among the Pines," wont to Richmond with the full knowledge of the Presi dent, intent on devising or discovering some ground of ac commodation or adjustment between the belligerents now devastating the Republic, and appear to have been treated with signal courtesy, and even generous hospitality. Mr Gilmore gives the net product of the unofficial mission in this piquant passage:—" Jefferson Davis said to me last Sunday, and, with all his faults, I believe him a man of truth, ' This war must go on till the last of this generation falls in his tracks. and his children seize his musket and fight our battles, unless you acknowledge our right of self-go vernment. We are not fighting for slavery. We are fight ing for independence; and that, or extermination, we will have,'" 1 81 17i 103 118 k 17i 113 1361 8 1031 I i THE WAR IN DENMARK. (From the Correspondent of the Daily New s) COPENHAGEN, Aug. 11. A royal proclamation has been issued, addr !set d to the Danish army, in which his Majesty annot met forthcoming peace. " Soldiers," he begins, "the struggle is ended. From the war's bloody sc epee you will return to your home work." Then fol lows mention of the heavy coat entailed by the war, of the still heavier sacrifices to purchase peace. "The fatherland's welfare bids us prefer peace to a con tinued battling." King Christian tells his army that, though trusting in his readiness again to meet the enemy, yet ha is greatly constrained be :muse these hold all too large a portion of the land which is thus open to devastation. " Therefore must our struggle end even with an abandonment of terri tory that from the oldest times has belonged to Denmark, and which is knit to the heart of every Dane." The address goes on to say that a small force can come oat with honour from a defeat by the armies of tWo great Powers. His j m e ees t y afterwards thanks the soldiers for their brave en li - deavours, and reminds them that only by remaining united for the future can Denmark's freedom be secure. "Be in peace what you have been in war, , ' he adds, "and you will promote our country' s prosperity as you have hitherto upheld its renown." It is a difficult task to gild the bitter pill and make defeat seem pleasant or tolerable. An in vader that holds more than half your country, and against whom no effectual effort can be made, has the power of imposing his yoke very palpably, and of, in popular parlance, patting your nose to the grindstone. Sleswigera are sent back by the thousand, discharged from military service, to be welcomed in their native duchy by what a month ago were treasonable songs. Jutlauders go home on furlough in civilian dress, to pass under Prussian authorities and be bellied by their foemen of the late campaign. A little army of returning prisoners will carry throughout Denmark the sense of recent discomfiture, and will, moreover, bring with it vivid impressions of Germany's size and power. In America it has been customary to give the chiefs of a conquered Indian tribe a tour through the States, visiting Washington, New York, and Pittsburg, that they might better judge of the greatness of the pale faces, and take warning not to resist them again. Danes who have travelled to Vienna and Komorn, Minden, and Ehrenbreitstein—l speak of the rank and file—must inevitably return north. ward, oppressed with a sense of their enemy's huge ness. The lesson that ten to one is rather long odds, and that les Bros battaillons are better than a good cause, will have sunk deep into every Danish captive. Soldiers remaining with Stein mann, or quartered upon Zealand, to whom the royal proclamation is more particularly addressed, were gloomy, but not despairing. They believed that a battle might be won at Middelfahrt which would retrieve their prestige, and were anxious to see Prince Frederick Charles try his luck in an attack on Fyen. So far there is perfect truth in the official statement that the army was ready to meet the enemy if necessary. Then, as to his Majesty's praise of its courage and endurance, none who saw what those poor fellows went through without com plaining will dispute the justice of such commenda tion. If England be ever outnumbered by an alliance of several great powers, if our territory be invaded, and we experience a struggle for honour and freedom like that which Denmark has main- tained, I hope that we may have better equipment and better fortune than the Danes, but I need not wish my countrymen stouter hearts. King Chris tian suffers along with his people. He is robbed as a monarch; they are too frequently ruined as indi viduals; be can therefore touch unreservedly upon the national disaster, and has done so, as above quoted. It was impossible to put a cheering aspect upon what is occurring. The army knows well enough that things have taken a bad turn, and under existing circumstances a very fair valedictory ad dress has been composed. Alfred Hage, whose position in society and family losses give him deserved weight, and wbo, as I think I mentioned to you lately, is a member of the Folkething is both legislative bodies, has put some searching questions to the Ministers of War and Marine. They are regarding Alsen's capture on June 29th as a defeat most damaging to Danish reputation, and keenly felt by all classes. What answer the ministers return matters not much, since I a new cabinet can easily throw overboard its prede. cessor's responsibility. But there is significance in any sign of parliamentary vigour and life at this moment, the problem of home government being still unsolved. A RAILWAY POLICEMAN CHARGED WITH FELONY. —At the Truro Police-Court on Thursday, before the Mayor (Mr T. Truran), Mr W. T. Chappel, and Mr S Pascoe, Frederick John Julian, a single man, aged 26 years was charged with stealing on the 19th December last, from the Truro station of the Cornwall and West Corn wall railways, a leather cash bag, containing an account book, a cash-sheet, and Xll 6s 4d in cash, the pro perty of the Weot Cornwall Railway Company. The money had been taken for passengers on the West Cornwall line, and on the morning of Saturda7, the 19,h of December, it was placed in the bag, with the account book and cash-sheet, by Mr Morcom, the then booking clerk. Mr Morcom locked the bag, and put it, as usual, in an open trough inside the ticket compartment of the b o oking-office, to await transit by the next down train. Mr Morcom having occasion to speak to Mr Watkin, the station master, left the office for that purpose, and on his return, the platform policeman, whose duty it was to take the cash bag to the guard of the West Cornwall, asked him for it. Mr Morcom told him it was in the usual place, and thov both want to look for it, but it was not in the place referred to. Notwithstanding repeated inquiries, no tidings were obtained of it until Wednesday, the 3d of August, and that under the following circumstances : Julian was a policeman on the Cornwall line, having charge of the points and switches at the Truro station ; and he lodged with a Mr Glasson. the keeper of a refreshment house on Richmond-hill. About six or . seven weeks ago he committed a blunderlin turning the points, the conse quence of which was that one train was driven against another, and a serious accident well nigh occurred. For this he was dismissed the company's service, and he went to Exeter, Mr Glasson detaining his box and its contents as security for payment of lodging. Julian sent two or three letters entreating Glasson to let him have the box, and on one occasion stating that it contained £2O worth of property, and a bank-book, and he promised that on receiv ing the box he would pay the bill for lodgings. Glasson de clined, but sent to Julian informing him that if he would. send the key he might have out of the box any article he wanted. On Wednesday, the 3d inst., Julian sent the key by Dell, one of the guards on the South Devon and Corn wall lines, and Dell, on arriving at Truro, gavo the key to Bate, a porter at the station, desiring him to de liver it to Glasson, and to get the articles wanted for the next up-train. Bate took the key to Glasson, and asked for the required articles ; but Glasson said he had heard so much about the valuable contents of the box that he would not open it except in the presence of a witness. Bate ac cordingly witnessed the opening of the box by Glasson, and in it they found the cashbag and accoantbook which had been stolen from the booking-office in December. The bag was still locked, but the bottom had been cut open, and the money was gone. There "a as in the box no bank book—no other book, in fact, than the company's cashbook. On this discovery a warrant was obtained and placed in the hands of Police-sergeant Rugg, of the Truro borough police, who searched the box and took possession of the cashbag and book. On Monday last he proceeded to Exeter by midday train, and in the afternoon of the same day appre hended Julian, and next morning brought him to Truro. He sas remanded until Thursday, when, after the exami nation of witnesses, he was committed to take his trial at the next Cornwall Quarter Sessions. GREAT FIRE IN HULL. —A telegram from Hull yesterday afternoon says :—" A tremendous fire is now raging in this town. Several valuable warehouses in Ra i lway - stree t have been consumed. Thompson, WlCay, and Co,, and Carver and Co. are the firms chiefly affected. The loss of property amounts to many thousands of pounds. The fire is still raging, and the vessels in the docks are being removed." A VEXATIOUS MISNOMER. -02e of what are termed fire-proof safes has at leegth been dug out of the ruins of Colonel M‘Murdo's r esidence, and, upon being opened, was found not to have secured a single presentation sword, f v r a o l in uab L l o e r , deteirenobfoprloauteglci),r wjaiwthel:,erila•l A Damascus blade, was found melted in two. This sword was made at the time of the Crusades, and wa s highly prized by the ga llant colonel. Another s word, presented by General Sir Charles Napier, has also been found injured in a similar manner, and the whole of the gold appointments and diamonds ha . ve been lost, So much value did the gallant colonel attach to the various presentations that he had holes drilled in the bottom of the safes, so as to screw them down to the floor, and the flames entering the apertures destroyed the contents. Had it not been for the drilling of the sates their contents might have been saved, SPORTING INTELLIGE.NCE,—This Day, RADCLIFFE RACES —Tins DAY, Or ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH,) LATEST BETTING. EBOR lIANDIC7AP. 4to 1 asst Lancashire (offered): Hymettus scratched at 10 45 this morning. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, CITY BETTING—YESTERDAY, EI3OR 5 to 2 agst East Lancashire (taken) 6to 1 agst Raglan (taken) 14 to 1 agst Caller Ou (offered) 13 to 1 agst Donnybrook (taken) 14 to 1 agst Clown (taken) 20 to 1 agst Ilightlyer's dam colt (offered) 30 to 1 agst Hymettus (off red) 40 to 1 apt Alabama (offered) 50 to 1 agst Welcome (offered) ST. LEGEII. 7 to 4 agst Blair Athol (taken and offered) 3to 1 agst General Peel (offered) 10 to 1 agst Baragah (taken and offered) TA.TTERSALLS'—htsr EVENING, GREAT EBOR HANDICAP. 3to 1 agst East Lancashire (taken and offered) 4to 1 agst Raglan (offered, take sto 1) 10 to 1 apt Caller Ou (taken and offered) o 33 to 1 ags t Hy m ettus (offered) 33 to 1 ags t W e l come ( o ffered) S r: 3to 1 eget General Peel (taken freely) Bto g n ß a l raio Lt(taken (offered) 2to agstst freely) h 20 to 1 aget Knight o f S now d on (offered) 33 to 1 agst B reeze (offered) RADC LI FFE RACES—M OND AY. The Phillips Handicap of 5 SOS's each, 3 ft, with 30:added. About one m il e. Mr T. Cliff's Wildman, 3 yrs, Bst 4lb „(E. Taylor) 1 Mr J. Osborne 's Gaily, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b. Mr Barber's The Cutler, 5 yrs, 7st 101 b .... (Whiteley) 2 • .. ..... (Britton) 3 Betting-5 to 4on Gaily, sto 2 each agst the others', Won by half a length; a neck between second and third. The Bury Plate Handicap, of 40 soya, for a ll ages win ners extra. About three-quarters of a Mr Barber's Cutaway, 3 yrs, Bst 61b ..... (Britton) 1 Mr Handley's Ossian, 4 yrs, Sst Sib .... (11. Gria la h av) 2 Mr T. Smith's Dermot Asthore, 3 yrs, 7et.. (Cransha w) 3 Betting-5 to 4 agst Cutaway, 6to 4 agst Ossiazt. Won by a neck ; three lengths between second a.nd third. The Grey de Wilton Cup (Handicap) of 100 soya, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 soya each, 3 ft ; second to save his stake ; winners extra. About one mile and a half. Mr T. Cliff's Wildman, 3 yrs, 6st 21b ..Kenyon) 1 Mr Barber's Macbeth, 3 yrs, sst 7ib (Carroll) 2 Mr Amberry's Nemo, 3 yrs, sst 71b .. (Sherrington) 0 Nemo did not pass the post. Betting-5 to 2on 'Wildman, who won by five lengths. The Selling Handicap of 3 soya each, with 25 :added. About three-quarters of a mile. Mr J. Osborne's Nelly Gray (h b), 2 yrs, sst 81b (Carroll) 1 Mr C. Rich's Blondin, 3 yrs, Bst 51b.... (IL Grimshaw) 2 Mr Noble na, Raparation, 2 yrs, Gat 121 b ..(W. Noble) 3 Mr Buckhouse's David, 3 yre, Bst 101 b.... (Williamson) 4 Betting-6 to 4on Nelly Gray, 4to 1 agst Blondin, sto 1 agst David. Won by two lengths; a bad third. The winner was not sold. The All-aged Handicap Plate of 3 sons each, with 25 added. About one mile. Mr Handley's Ossian, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b (G. Grimahaw) 1 Mr Beaumont's Vanessa, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (Whiteley) 2 Mr W. Phiillips's Master Joe, 3 yrs, 7st (Carroll) 3 Mr BackhouEe's David, 3 yrs, 7st 51b (llaystead) 4 Betting-5 to 4on Vanessa, 6to 4 agst Ossian, 10 to 1 agst any other. Won by a short head ; a bad third. LATEST BETTING EBOR HANDICAP. 100 to 1 agst Ilymettus (offered) CRAVEN HANDICAP, Terror scratched. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1664. AUGUST. Egham 16 Dover Oxford .. 18 Yarmouth .. 23 York August Plymouth Lichfield Devon and Exeter ..., 30 Stockton Derby SEI" Weymouth 1 Baden-Baden Warwick September 6 Bridgwater 8 Leicester ...... Doncaster O CT Brecon .. 19 Richmond Royal Caledonian Hunt 21 Monmouth 22 Manchester Autumn Newmarket Firat October 27 Bedford Edinburgh and Lothians Club 5 Newmarket Second Oct lO Lincoln SW 18 Kelso .. 19 Gloucester Newmarket Houg on 24 :MBER. NOTE: Worcester Autumn .... 1 Shrewsbury Autumn .. 14 Leamington &War. Hunt 22 IRISH. SEP TEISRER. Curragh OCTOBER. Curragh STEEPLECHASING FIXTURES FOR 1864. NOVEMBER. Leamington and Warwickshire Hunt 22 The Price of Gold. By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 425 per mark and the short exchang on London is 13.51 per £1 sterlin4. standard gold at the FAiglish Mirt price is, therefore, about 3-10tha per cent, dearer in London than in Hamburg. The course of exchange at New York on London and the premium on gold are quoted with such large differences that no ca cu actions can be based on them ; but gold continues to be shipped to England. The quotation of gold at Paris is about 21 per mills pm., and the short exchange on London is 25.27; per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of S.l 17s. 100. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is nearly 2-lfths per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. ATTACK ON A NEW ZEALAND NEWSPAPER OFFICE BY THE CREW OF A MAN-OF-WAR.--. The following episode of the war in New Zealand is given by the _Melbourne Argus, The " Auckland New Zealander had, in an article published on the Ist of June, referring to the death of Capt. Hamilton, of the Esk, stated :—' It is feared that this brave officer was cruelly deserted by his men, who were seized with a panic and fled back to our position, after being gallantly led as the forlorn hope in the attack. It is true it was a critical moment, but if the men had displayed half the courage and daring of their officers a very different result would have to be chronicled respecting this unfortunate encounter.' This offended the seamen of the Esk, who in numbers 60 strong, came down to the office, and commenced proceedings which por tended pulling the building—a wooden one—down. One of these men cried out, ' We have the authority of our ()Ri cers for what we are doing.' Magistrates interfered to prevent violence, the police were called, and Commodore Sir William Wiseman appealed to, but in vain. The police were unable to cope with 'the rioters, and the commodore corroborated the assertion that the officers connived at the riot by not interfering. Temporising was resorted to ; and, on the promise that an extraordinary edition should issue, retracting the previous statement, the seamen retired. The extraordinary edition came out with a ridiculous denial of the charge against th 3 Naval Brigade, and attributing the panic which caused the sudden retreat to a mistake of the 68th Regiment, This, it was also mentioned, was the substance of the statement made by the rioting seamen, and it was signed ' John P. Beckett, Quartermaster."' On Thursday night last a murder was committed in a house in the Avenue Lamotte-piquet, on the person of a young woman of loose character named Eugenie Elie, aged 25. A dragoon who ca lled at her lod g i ngs on Fri day morning found her lying dead on the floor of her rou nd her neck as to h ave f orced a great drawn n om jacket twi s t e d i nto a cord so , tightly w ith a calico n i g ht quantity of blood from her nostrils. A s th e unfortunate wom an's money and jewellery were found safe in her drawers, robbery could hardly hav e b een t h e mot i ve f or t h e crime , unless, indeed, the murderer had become alarmed, an d had not time to search for plunder. An investigation h a s been ordered by the police authorities. f ß rn e n ll t ib n u f on h i e b r y p n a a r m en e t , s, an h d o n ns in e, e y sh ea e rs w o a f a The Fascio Romano stat es that as a you ng g i r l , Annetta shot at and dangerously wou nded by some p erson uu k nown . , sitting The act is attibuted to private vengeance. The .Nazione of Florence states that General Fanti's state of health causes considerable uneasiness. Be is suffering from a disease of the heart complicated with a pulmonary congestion occasioning great difficulty of breathing. A letter from Pietragalla (Neapolitan provinces) rel , .tes the following instance of the unexampled barbarity of the brigands :—A man named Francesco Zotte, who had often served as a volunteer agelust the brigands, was surprised by them a few days ago, immediately boand hand and foot, and beaten nearly to death with bludgeons. After the infliction of this torture, he was shot dead with revolvers ; his body was then saturated with spirits of wine and cut on a pile of wood, which wcs set lire to ; and on the folowing morning th e country people found his remains carbonised, :MBER. )11ER 13.14.! 1 1.14. i 1521 I 691 1